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UNEMPLOYMENT FILINGS in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 passed 106,000 as of Wednesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

COVID-19-related UI filings pass 106K in R.I.

Coronavirus 04/09/2020

PROVIDENCE – Filings for Unemployment Insurance in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 totaled 106,694 as of Wednesday, an increase of 3,050 from the previous...

Five Questions With: Sally Lapides

Real Estate 04/08/2020

Sally Lapides is the CEO and president of Residential Properties Ltd. in Providence, the state’s leader in transactions on residential real estate sales. The...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island totaled 1,450 as of Wednesday afternoon. / COURTESY CAPITOL TV

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase to 1,450, with five more deaths

Coronavirus 04/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – The number of identified cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island reached 1,450 by Wednesday afternoon, an increase from 1,229 on Tuesday, Gina...

R.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter F. Neronha has reminded Rhode Island landlords that police can file criminal charges against those who wrongfully evict tenants during the coronavirus pandemic. / COURTESY OFFICE OF THE R.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Neronha says police can charge landlords who evict tenants

Coronavirus 04/08/2020

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island's attorney general says police can file criminal charges against landlords who wrongfully evict tenants during the coronavirus pandemic. The attorney...

Stepping Up: West Warwick students use tech skills to print parts...

Community Service 04/08/2020

WEST WARWICK – Michael Shunney, an industrial technology teacher at West Warwick High School, posed a question to his students on March 23, the...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE filings in rhode Island due to COVID-19 exceeded 100,00 as of Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Over 10K file for PUA benefits in R.I.; UI claims pass...

Coronavirus 04/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had 10,910 residents file for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance on Tuesday, the first day the program was available, according to the...

BROWN UNIVERSITY has incurred a $20 million financial hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and school administrators, including President Christina H. Paxson, are taking salary reductions for the next fiscal year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown has seen $20M hit from COVID-19 to date; administrators take...

Coronavirus 04/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – Brown University administrators are taking salary reductions in order to limit the significant financial hit the Ivy League university has sustained so...

Five Questions With: Chrissy Holden

Technology 04/07/2020

In these days of the coronavirus, hand-washing is huge and touching common surfaces is warned against like never before. But what about locations where people with viruses gather,...

Tech Collective conference focuses on uncertainty, change in turbulent times

Technology 04/07/2020

PROVIDENCE – Tech Collective will host a free Zoom conference entitled “Navigate Uncertainty and Change in Turbulent Times,” featuring speaker Linda Pritcher. Pritcher is co-founder...